摘要 |
This invention relates generally to a novel method of manufacturing a composite body and to novel products made thereby. More particularly, the invention relates to a method of producing a self-supporting body comprising one or more boron-containing compounds, e.g., a boride or a boride and carbide, by reactive infiltration of molten parent metal into a bed or mass containing boron carbide, and, optionally, one or more inert fillers and permitting residual or excess parent metal, to remain bonded to the formed self-supporting body. Excess metal is used to form a bond between the reactively infiltrated body and another body (e.g., a metal or a ceramic body). |